Keno can be played at bars, at convenience stores and at the table in neighborhood restaurants and diners, exposing children to gambling. The more accessible gambling becomes, the more likely that gambling addiction will increase.

Voters approved the lottery because they believed gambling would solve the problem of funding schools in Illinois. It has not.

Gambling is an unstable source of revenue. Expanding Keno in communities statewide will greatly increase pathological gambling and harm families.